NCHA Derbyshire Wish

NCHA Derbyshire Wish provides services and support, including accommodation and community-based support, for adults and children who are experiencing and living with the impact of domestic abuse.

Contact us

To access support from us, you will usually need to contact the Derbyshire Domestic Abuse Support line on 08000 198 668. You can self-refer or be referred by a professional you are working with.

• Telephone number: 01773 483 430.
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How we can help 

We provide specialist refuge and community-based support to adults and children who are experiencing, or have experienced, domestic abuse.

We also provide specialist children and young person support along with a Young person’s Advocacy service for high risk victims of abuse and our Choices service for children displaying concerning behaviours.

Wish also facilitate the Changes programme; a behaviour change perpetrator intervention to support those harming people they care about. 

We're able to offer one-on-one and group support sessions to suit individual needs. Here at NCHA Derbyshire Wish we provide services in Erewash, South Derbyshire as well as parts of the Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales.

People accessing our support are assigned a key worker who will help them plan the support they would like to help them move forward with their life in a way they feel safe. 

Support can include:

• creating a personal safety plan 
• emotional support in dealing with the effects of Domestic Abuse and recovery
• support for child victims of Domestic abuse
• increasing personal and home security
• finding the right place to live
• help with benefits and budgeting
• finding and accessing legal support
• connecting with cultural and religious organisations
• accessing education, volunteering and employment.

Group support

We offer a knowledge-based and therapeutic approach to group support programmes including the Freedom Programme (which helps to raise awareness about domestic abuse) Freedom Forward (which helps people build their confidence and self-esteem) and VOICE – for victims of intimate coercive experience.